Feasibility of a Provincial Voluntary Reporting System for Work-Related Asthma in Ontario by Teresa To, Susan M Tarlo, Susan McLimont, Ted Haines, D Linn Holness, M Diane Lougheed, Gary M Liss, Lisa Cicutto

“…OBJECTIVE The Ontario Work-Related Asthma Surveillance System: Physician Reporting (OWRAS) Network was established in 2007 to estimate the prevalence of work-related asthma (WRA) in Ontario, and to test the feasibility of collecting data for cases of WRA from physicians voluntarily.…”
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Characteristics of Self-Rated Oral Health among Syrian Refugee Parents in Ontario by Aseel Alzaghoul, Parmin Rahimpoor-Marnani, Khalid Yunis, Akm Alamgir, Baraa Alghalyini, Hala Tamim

“…Almost half of the Syrian refugee population lives in Ontario, with dental health being at the top of the list of important immediate needs. …”
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Absence of the Genetic Marker IS6110 from a Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated in Ontario by Susan T Howard, Matthew T Oughton, Albert Haddad, Wendy M Johnson

“…A 35-year-old female patient from Waterloo, Ontario was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis in June 1995. …”
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Mortality of Elderly Patients in Ontario after Hospital Admission for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Jason X Nie, Li Wang, Ross EG Upshur

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Strategies to Locate Lost Persons with Dementia: A Case Study of Ontario First Responders by N. A. Neubauer, A. Miguel-Cruz, L. Liu

“…The purpose of this study was to describe current strategies among police services in Ontario. Telephone interviews with police were conducted. …”
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A 10-Year Retrospective Review of Salmonella Infections at the Children’s Hospital in London, Ontario by Tania Cellucci, Jamie A Seabrook, Yasmine Chagla, Susan L Bannister, Marina I Salvadori

“…OBJECTIVES: To describe Salmonella infections in children presenting to the Children’s Hospital (London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario), to assess risk factors for infection and to examine whether younger children, particularly infants younger than 12 weeks of age, experience higher morbidity than older children.…”
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Determinants of Familiarity and Experience with HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Primary Care Providers in Ontario, Canada by Jorge Martinez-Cajas, Beatriz Alvarado, Carmela Rapino, Emma Nagy, T. Hugh Guan, Nicholas Cofie, Nancy Dalgarno, Pilar Camargo, Bradley Stoner

“…Conclusions: Our findings suggest that organizational support, and additional training and education would facilitate PrEP provision by PCPs in suburban/rural Ontario.…”
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Triage and Protocol Recommendations for the Parasitology Laboratory Based on an Epidemiological Investigation of Parasite Diagnostics in Ontario Laboratories by Allison Maier, Julia Krolik, Anna Majury

“…OBJECTIVES:A study was performed using a subset of Ontario laboratory parasitology data, with three objectives: to describe parasitic infections in Ontario; to identify risk factors for acquiring a parasitic infection using routinely collected information; and to use this information to assess current protocols for parasite testing in laboratories and, in turn, to propose alternatives to optimize the allocation of laboratory resources.…”
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A Brief Report of West Nile Virus Neuroinvasive Disease in the Summer of 2012 in Hamilton, Ontario by Lei Jiao, Cheryl Main

“…In the present series, the cases of seven patients admitted to Hamilton Health Sciences (Hamilton, Ontario) in the summer of 2012 with a diagnosis of West Nile neuroinvasive disease were retrospectively reviewed based on available medical records. …”
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The Case of Dr George Gale V. the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario: A Legal Analysis by Matthew Wilton

“…On March 15, 2002, anaesthetist and pain practitioner, Dr George Gale, had his license to practice medicine in Ontario revoked by a decision of the Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) (1,2). …”
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A Descriptive Study of Human Salmonella Serotype Typhimurium Infections Reported in Ontario from 1990 to 1997 by Michael W Ford, Agricola Odoi, Shannon E Majowicz, Pascal Michel, Dean Middleton, Bruce Ciebin, Kathryn Doré, Scott A McEwen, Jeffery A Aramini, Shelley Deeks, Frances Jamieson, Rafiq Ahmed, Frank G Rodgers, Jeff B Wilson

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Emergence of Non-Serotype b Encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae as a Cause of Pediatric Meningitis in Northwestern Ontario by Pouya Sadeghi-Aval, Raymond SW Tsang, Frances B Jamieson, Marina Ulanova

“…The emergence of invasive disease caused by non-Hib in northwestern Ontario (38 cases between 2002 and 2008) with predominance of Hia was previously reported by the authors. …”
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Rising Healthcare Costs and Utilization among Young Adults with Cirrhosis in Ontario: A Population-Based Study by Jeffrey B. Ames, Maya Djerboua, Norah A. Terrault, Christopher M. Booth, Jennifer A. Flemming

“…Retrospective population-based study of routinely collected healthcare data from Ontario for the fiscal years 2007–2016 and housed at ICES. …”
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A regional program evaluation of the Stanford Chronic Pain Self-Management Program in Eastern Ontario, Canada by E. Hum, S. Karunananthan, A. Adil, I. Moroz, R. Davidson, C. Liddy

“…One potential solution is to facilitate access to programs and tools that develop patients’ skills and confidence in managing their own care.Aims This study aimed to describe the uptake of the Chronic Pain Self-Management Program (CPSMP) in Eastern Ontario and evaluate the effectiveness of the program in the acquisition of knowledge, confidence, and skills required to manage chronic pain, as measured by the Patient Activation Measure (PAM).Methods Using data routinely collected through the CPSMP between December 2017 and May 2023, we conducted a descriptive analysis of the number of participants each year, their gender, and their age distributions. …”
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De los anillos verdes a las infraestructuras verdes: tres estudio de caso en América by Itziar Aguado Moralejo, Carmen Echebarria, José M. Barrutia

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Should Endovascular Repair Be Reimbursed for Low Risk Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients? Evidence from Ontario, Canada by Jean-Eric Tarride, Gord Blackhouse, Guy De Rose, James M. Bowen, Hamid Reza Nakhai-Pour, Daria O'Reilly, Feng Xie, Teresa Novick, Robert Hopkins, Ron Goeree

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Interval Colorectal Cancers following Guaiac Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario ColonCancerCheck Program by Lawrence Paszat, Rinku Sutradhar, Jill Tinmouth, Nancy Baxter, Linda Rabeneck

“…This work examines the occurrence of interval colorectal cancers (CRCs) in the Ontario ColonCancerCheck (CCC) program. We define interval CRC as CRC diagnosed within 2 years following normal guaiac fecal occult blood testing (gFOBT). …”
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Challenges of Diabetes Self-Management in Adults Affected by Food Insecurity in a Large Urban Centre of Ontario, Canada by Justine Chan, Margaret DeMelo, Jacqui Gingras, Enza Gucciardi

“…Participants were recruited from the local community, three community health centres, and a community-based diabetes education centre servicing a low-income population in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Participants. Twenty-one English-speaking adults with a diagnosis of diabetes and having experienced food insecurity in the past year (based on three screening questions). …”
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Population-Based Surveillance of HiB Invasive Infections in Children in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario -- 1995 to 1997 by David Scheifele, Alison Bell, Taj Jadavji, Wendy Vaudry, John Waters, Monika Naus, Jill Sciberras

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Ontario Medical Association Position Paper on Health Effects of Ground-Level Ozone, Acid Aerosols and Particulate Matter by BT Boadway, J MacPhail, C Jacobson

“…This review of the evidence of the health effects of air pollutants focuses on research conducted in Ontario. Seven key Ontario studies are cited. These findings are highly significant for people living in the Great Lakes basin (and particularly the Windsor-Quebec corridor), where high levels of certain air pollutants (eg, ground-level ozone and ultra-fine particles) occur more frequently than in other parts of Canada. …”
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